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Ruth G St Fleur1, Marian Tanofsky-Kraff2, Jack A Yanovski3
1Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
|November 21, 2023
概括
儿童肥胖现象类型预测成人体重增加模式. 识别不同的群体,如"早期青春期"或"高体重问题"对于理解长期体重轨迹至关重要.
科学领域:
- 儿科内分泌学 儿科内分泌学
- 肥胖问题研究研究
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 儿童和青少年的超重和肥胖是严重的公共卫生问题.
- 了解不同肥胖现象类型对于有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
- 以前的研究还没有完全描述儿童肥胖现象型及其长期影响.
研究的目的:
- 从经验上推导和描述儿童和青少年超重和肥胖的表型.
- 检查儿童肥胖现象和年轻成人体重增加之间的关联.
- 为了研究肥胖现象的性别特异性差异.
主要方法:
- 在今天成长研究中使用隐性类分析 (LCA) 的前性队列研究.
- LCA包括体重状况,饮食失调,身体形象,抑郁症状,青春期时间和母亲体重状况的数据,按性别分层.
- 混合效应回归分析了肥胖表型和成人体重增加 (20-35岁) 之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 在女孩中发现了四种不同的肥胖现象:"早期青春期"",肥胖的母亲"",高体重问题"和"混合".
- 在男孩中发现了三个表型:"高体重问题"",肥胖的母亲"和"混合".
- 患有童年/青少年超重或肥胖的人在年轻人中体重增加较大,其模式因表型而异.
结论:
- 确定的肥胖现象型为进一步研究风险因素和治疗结果提供了框架.
- 根据特定的肥胖现象类型定制干预措施可能会提高治疗疗效.
- 这项研究强调了考虑儿童肥胖的发育和家庭因素的重要性.
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